100%. That’s why it took me until the end of June to join Lemmy even though the blackout was on June 12th.

And I was already hating Reddit before the blackout. But FOMO made me stay and I feel bad about it.

I live for SovCits finding out that no one is forced to accept their bullshit.

You so do not have a teenager.

I am sure that’s true, but it’s what I could afford to invest in for the time being, but I also doubt it will work for long. And there’s really not much China could get out of me what with me being poor.

Also, there might be upsides.

Hey, maybe if the CCP takes control of my house they can figure out a way to stop my heat pump from freezing over every winter.

I could see that, but being able to make the light strobe when she still refuses to get up gives it an advantage.

I want to be as annoying as possible until she agrees to get a damn alarm clock.

Thanks. That agrees with everything I read. Unfortunately they’re twice the price. But when this cheap Chinese crap inevitably conks out in six months, I’ll hopefully be able to afford the investment in the Hue bulbs.

The 5-time power toggle seems really sensitive too. You have to do it within a window that’s not too long and not too short.

That would be cool, but no. That would probably result in far fewer fires.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_heater

I went to a school with an Eleanor, who really embodied her name by being way into the local SCA group, doing ren fairs all the time, and is now a medieval history professor.

She’s the most Eleanor Eleanor you can possibly Eleanor.

I don’t give a shit. I’m just tired of seeing obvious nonsense.

Sorry, it can’t be both.

and instead just need to inflame some anti-cop nonsense

I was, again, literally answering your question. I know you want to put words in my mouth or act like you knew what I was really doing, but I was still just answering the question:

Where do you think police are sitting at polling places harassing people?

To which the answer, ignoring the terrible grammar, is, “quite possibly.”

And it will continue to be “quite possibly” no matter how vociferously argue that you don’t actually care.

You asked a question, I answered it. I’m not sure why you’re so angry about it. Don’t ask questions if you don’t want them answered. The answer “quite possibly” applies to that question regardless of the context of the discussion.

I was responding to this, hence my replying directly to it explicitly about what it said:

That’s you, right? It looks like your username.

Because the answer is still “quite possibly.”

Wow, you sure got a lot out of “quite possibly.”

I’m not sure what you think it meant, but it didn’t mean all those words you put in my mouth. It means police officers [and I don’t know why I have to say this, but not 100% of all police officers] quite possibly could sit at polling places and harass people. You certainly haven’t said anything to counter that possibility.

When they’re off duty? Quite possibly.

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/15/956896923/police-officers-across-nation-face-federal-charges-for-involvement-in-capitol-ri

I wish I could laugh at this one. They’re going to kill their kids.

If I understand this person correctly, they’re asking about how they can cheat their grandma?

Skeptical but also willing to pay them $7000.

I mean they didn’t say “you’ll only get it if it works.”

You have a point, but remember that musicians aren’t getting an hourly wage when they record an album.

Also, major record companies seriously screw artists. They give them an advance, which is basically a loan, that is supposed to include the costs of recording the album. If the album tanks, the artist is in debt to the record company. It’s ruined people who’s debut album didn’t chart.

I’m American and I knew about her. Smile was at least a modest hit.

I said above that the album that was on, Alright, Still, is a really good album.

Edit: from Wikipedia-

Alright, Still debuted at number 20 on the Billboard 200 in the United States, with first-week sales of 34,000 copies.[51] The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) awarded the album a gold certification on 6 December 2007,[52] and by November 2013, it had sold 627,000 copies in the US.

That’s a bit less than half of UK sales, which is pretty good for a British artist in the U.S.

How many twinks to a bear?